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. innemen Gnnsscor stemmen, 'c'only'serrfonfr'f To all .whom/t may concern:

Be it known that. L'NORMAN Guess, a citizen of the United States, residing at 25 lVinth'rop strc-chin the town 'of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the -following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to a device of the class speciied which has features ot novelty and advantage.

Though not confined to any particular' class ot garments it is preferably' used in connection with sweaters and is more particularly and preferably described as sweater with a detachable collar.

Figure l is a. view of the sweater with collar attached and turned down. Fig. 2 is a View of the sweater Without the collar, showing the neck. Fig. 3 is an inside View of the sweater' with the collar turned up. Fig. i is an outside view ol the sweater with the coilar turned up. Fig. 5 is an outside View ot the sweater ywith the collar turned down. Figs. 6, 'i' and S are sepa-rated port-ions ol' the collar. Figs. 9 and l0 are corresponding portions of the fastener.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the neck of the sweater (l) is so constructed that a collar may ne aliixed thereto. detachable or .otherwise As is shown in Fig. l any method of so attaching and detacliing the collar may be used but. prefer that'type of fasteners which may lie easily separated so that the collar may be removed without taking oil' the sweater. For this the preferable type ol fasteners is what might he called the glove fastener, as shown in Figs. 9 and l0. By employing these fasteners the collar, as stated, may be asily removed by grasping one end and pulling; each Vfastener ating thereby disengaged wit-lr out the necessity ot' releasing each one h v hand.

lt will he noticed that the fasteners are preierahly disposed along the extreme lower margin of the collar, and also that this e treme lower margin approaches more nearly to a straight line than the margin ot' the neck (l). Consequently these `fasteners are so placed preferably on the neck that at the Speeieaton of Letters Patenti.

hack they-are close to its lower margin and when extending around the side toward the it will also be noticed that the collar is so connected that one portion of the fastener is on the inside ot' the neck and its corresponding portion on the outside ot' the collar, thus preventing any portion of the fastener from being exposed to Yiew while the collar is in place. li`urthcrmore preferably desire that that portion or' the fastener disclosed in Fig. lo should he attached to the neck so that'. whc'n the collar is removed this fastener will cause no inconi'enience to the body of the wearer haring the least possible projection.

l preier to construct the collar generally in the manner shown and I believe that this collar can hc made to liest advantage in the following way, that is, h v constructing it of several sections, although l do not confine myself particularly to that.

The collar l construct preferably in sevcral sections. that in the drawing being coniposcd of three. Each one ol` these sections is knitted separately, as lor instance that portion shown in Fig. T. rlhe knitting` is begun ar lhc top and extends toward the edge l0. ln like manner those portions shown in Figs. 3 and e' arc knitted, beginning with the top, li and l respectively, and ending at 16 and H. ln this way the only portionsot' the collar which are. not selraged are those at 1G, l() and 'l'here is thus produced a collar haring the major portion selvaged. 'Fun lhcrinorc` the edges 12, 13, 9 and 6 are SeWed together as loosely or as tightly as you may desire and a very desirable seam is thereby produced. 'lhe hinging or swinging motion which takes place at the seams causes the collar lo fit much more closely. The seams le and 1T are generally so disposed as to extend vfrom the neck outward along thev top of thc shoulders causing the collar to hinge at that point.

Claim:

sweater collar comprising an intermediate section and approximately triangular end sect-ions, the side edges of the intermediate section converging inwardly and Cil lLlll 5 by stitching to the selvaged sides of the in- LAURENCE with the betteln edge being selvage d,the end In tcstixnpny whereof I aiiIix my signature sections being selvngedalong their inner and in presence of two witnesses. `bottom edges and the selvaged inner edges o NORMAN GROSS. the end sections being secured respectively' Witnesses: i

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term-ediate section. Bassin Rotmmz. 

